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Interview with Shanaz Khan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20284
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 54 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (63 min., 54 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Shanaz Khan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum registrar Rajdeep on September 24, 2023. 00:00:00- 00:09:59 Shanaz Khan shares information about herself, her family and life in Fiji before she immigrated to Vancouver in 1972 and her fi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 54 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (63 min., 54 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewee: Shanaz Khan Location of Interview: Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: September 24, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:05:54 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Shanaz Khan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum registrar Rajdeep on September 24, 2023. 00:00:00- 00:09:59 Shanaz Khan shares information about herself, her family and life in Fiji before she immigrated to Vancouver in 1972 and her first experiences after immigrating to Vancouver including where her family lived, her work as an accountant for major banks in Vancouver, training and working as a chef and living in Surrey and Vancouver. 00:10:00 - 00:14:59 Shanaz shares experiences in her career as an accountant working in Vancouver and Tumbler Ridge and her experiences of racism that she faced in her workplace. Shanaz talks about her life after retirement and her volunteer work. 00:015:00 - 00:22:53 Shanaz talks about her life in Burnaby for the last 19 years and what she likes about living here. Shanaz recollects locations of stores in Vancouver where her family shopped to find traditional foods and where her family lived after immigrating. Shanaz shares some of her favourite traditional foods. 00:22:54 - 00:37:41 Shanaz recollects some of her childhood experiences growing up in Fiji and her experiences of swimming in Fiji, Hawaii and in Vancouver. Shanaz talks about her fitness regime and places that she likes to exercise in Burnaby including trails and green spaces and reflects on the changes to Burnaby with increased development, the cost of housing and the crime rate. 00:37:42 - 00:52:41 Shanaz talks about the traditional clothing and western clothing that she’s worn and accessed while living in Burnaby and Vancouver. Shanaz describes some traditional Islamic religious practices including the nikah (marriage), funerals, prayers, Eid, Hajj and her own personal practices as well as locations of mosques and cemeteries available to Muslims in the lower mainland. 00:52:42 - 01:05:54 Shanaz talks about her parent’s religious and ancestral background, her religious upbringing and the demographics of Fiji.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Shanaz Khan was born and raised in Suva, Fiji in the 1950's. In the early 1970's, Shanaz immigrated to Vancouver with her parents and younger brother. Shanaz attended John Oliver High School and took one year of accounting courses at Langara College. Over the years Shanaz worked as an accountant in major banks and for a mining company in Tumbler Ridge. Shanaz also worked as a chef at various restaurants and bakeries after completing training at a Vancouver Culinary School. Shanaz has made her home in Burnaby for the past 19 years. Following her retirement, Shanaz has volunteered for different organizations including the YWCA. Interviewer biography: Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Buildings - Religious - Mosques
- Cemeteries
- Ceremonies - Funerals
- Ceremonies - Weddings
- Education
- Housing
- Migration
- Occupations
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Religions - Islam
- Religions - Christianity
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Sports - Swimming
- Names
- Khan, Shanaz
- Responsibility
- Rajdeep
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.18
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Shanaz Khan, [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023
Interview with Shanaz Khan, [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0018_002.mp3
Cash till line up
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95107
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 27, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of shoppers in the checkout lines at Save-On-Foods grocery store at the Old Orchard Shopping Centre. On the floor are red decals indicating where shoppers should stand to maintain distance from one another. The decals read: "Allow 2M between shoppers".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 27, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 623-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2020-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of shoppers in the checkout lines at Save-On-Foods grocery store at the Old Orchard Shopping Centre. On the floor are red decals indicating where shoppers should stand to maintain distance from one another. The decals read: "Allow 2M between shoppers".
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Snowdon, Nick
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Photographer's caption: "Physical distancing signs become common in most stores"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4429 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
Images
One person per household
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95109
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 27, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance at Save-On-Foods grocery store. One of the two doors at the entrance is blocked by a freestanding sign that reads: "To prevent the spread of COVID-19 Limit 1 person per household". Next to the sign is a shopping cart with signage attached to it informing shoppers that r…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 27, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 623-027
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2020-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance at Save-On-Foods grocery store. One of the two doors at the entrance is blocked by a freestanding sign that reads: "To prevent the spread of COVID-19 Limit 1 person per household". Next to the sign is a shopping cart with signage attached to it informing shoppers that reusable and cloth bags are prohibited in the store.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Snowdon, Nick
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Photographer's caption: "Early on in the pandemic, stores limit number of people from one household. This does not last very long."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4429 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
Images
One way only
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95108
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 27, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the baking aisle in Save-On-Foods grocery store. A large red decal on the floor reads "STOP please enter aisle from other end".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 27, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 623-026
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2020-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the baking aisle in Save-On-Foods grocery store. A large red decal on the floor reads "STOP please enter aisle from other end".
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Snowdon, Nick
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Photographer's caption: "One way system imposed in store. Not everyone obeys"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4429 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
Images
sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91782
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.17.2
- Description
- Green store sign from Canada Way Food Market. Plasticized green sign with white lettering.
- There is a 2.5 cm band of residue running the length of the sign at the top and bottom.
- Object History
- Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Marks/Labels
- "CANADA WAY FOOD MARKET / OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK / GROCERIES CONFECTIONARY TOBACCO PRODUCTS"
- Measurements
- Height: 49.5 cm
- Width: 176.5
- Names
- Canada Way Food Market
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4692 Canada Way
Images
sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91784
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.17.4
- Description
- Wooden sandwich board advertising Dairyland products. The board consists of two wooden panels that were attached at the top with a piano hinge. The hinge is currently only attached to one panel. The wooden panels are painted white. The paint is chipping in many areas.
- Both panels feature the same information and have an large illustration of a cow's head an front body on the bottom left.
- The two panels are held together on the back with a rusty metal chain.
- Handwritten on the back of one of the panels is "Canada Way Food Market"
- Object History
- Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Marks/Labels
- "OPEN / Dairyland / Your / Fresh / Ideas / Dairy"
- Measurements
- Height: 74.5 cm
- Width: 49 cm
- Names
- Canada Way Food Market
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4692 Canada Way
Images
Frances, Sean and Wendy Johnston
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51383
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frances Johnston and her two children, Sean and Wendy, seated and eating at an unidentified fast food restaurant. Numerous signs and advertisements can be seen on the windows behind the family.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 483-018
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2008-08
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frances Johnston and her two children, Sean and Wendy, seated and eating at an unidentified fast food restaurant. Numerous signs and advertisements can be seen on the windows behind the family.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Johnston, Harold H.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Joey Restaurant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95118
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a sign perched on a decorative tree trunk in the foyer of Joey Burnaby. The sign contains information for patrons on food delivery and pickup.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 623-036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2020-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a sign perched on a decorative tree trunk in the foyer of Joey Burnaby. The sign contains information for patrons on food delivery and pickup.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Cheung, Ray
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Photographer's caption: "Most restaurants were only open for take-away"
- Geographic Access
- Rosser Avenue
- Street Address
- 1901 Rosser Avenue
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
Images
sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91783
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.17.3
- Description
- Large plastic sign with internal backlighting for advertising. The sign has two sections for ad inserts and one section for price display.
- The price display is currently set up advertising the price of packs and cartons of cigarettes
- The first bank of prices are 3 digit with small windows that reveal the number on a roller behind. The second bank of prices are 4 digits.
- The sign was made by CDA Industries in Scarborough, Ontario and is stamped with "JULY 1986"
- There are three labels at the top of the sign including information about how to replace the lamps or reinsert unrolled numbers.
- There is a hole at the top of the sign for the electrical cord to come out.
- There are two white metal brackets attached to the ends of the sign and there is a rusted chain hanging from each bracket.
- The plastic at the bottom right corner on the back is broken and damaged.
- Object History
- Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
- See BV023.25.1 for photograph of sign in situ.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Marks/Labels
- "PACKS / 20's Reg. & K. Size 5.58 / 25's Reg. & K.S. 5.58 / 30's Reg. 5.58 / 30's K. Size 5.58"
- "CARTONS / 200 Reg. & K.Size 11.11 / 180 Ctn. K. Size 11.11 / 240 Ctn. Reg. 11.11"
- Measurements
- Height: 57.5 cm
- Width: 133.5 cm
- Depth: 13 cm
- Names
- Canada Way Food Market
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4692 Canada Way
Images
![Turret Cigarettes billboard, July 26, [1936] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198557730001.jpg?width=280)
Turret Cigarettes billboard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1399
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 26, [1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a grassy area in front of a large commercial building with various advertising signs for food, and a large billboard advertising Turret Cigarettes. In front of the restaurant building, there is a pillar with a circular top and Red Ensigns and Union Jacks hanging from it.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, c. [written upside down] "July 26"
- Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner.
- The stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden [illegible]/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a grassy area in front of a large commercial building with various advertising signs for food, and a large billboard advertising Turret Cigarettes. In front of the restaurant building, there is a pillar with a circular top and Red Ensigns and Union Jacks hanging from it.
- Accession Code
- BV985.5773.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- July 26, [1936]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For a photograph of a similar/ same pillar, see BV985.5770.1 For a wider angle view of the restaurant building with the Turret Cigarettes billboard, see BV985.5771.1
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-02
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Turret Cigarettes billboard, July 26, [1936] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198557730001.jpg)